U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott, left, and Andy Ozment, assistant secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, in the Department of Homeland Security, look over papers on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2015, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on federal Cybersecurity and the OPM data breach.

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At a House hearing Thursday, Tony Scott faced angry lawmakers who objected to plans for a new agency to conduct background security checks on government workers, in the wake of massive data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management. “This is designed to fail,” said Rep. John Mico (R., Fla.), “I guaran-damn-tee you this will continue to be a disaster.”

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